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Originally Posted by LMich
There are people still on that kick? Really? They've got to realize that Republican or Democrat, talk of taking water out of these lakes is the best thing you can ever do to unite the Great Lakes states. You put Canada into the mix, and it's another level of defense. Hell, we get mad when people directly adjacent to the watershed, but still in the states that touch the lake, want the water.
From 2005, in case anyone forgot:
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I agree. I live outside of the Great Lake watershed and I am less than 20 miles from Lake Michigan. Illinois has a very small watershed since we reversed the Chicago River to flow backwards to keep the lake clean for drinking and to flush our refuse to St. Louis.
Since we are outside of the
GL watershed we rely on groundwater to supply our city.
Anyway a general question about Great Lake water.
Once the
GL water leaves Lake Onterio and enters the StL seaway I am sure for many miles that water is still fresh or salt free. What would be the problem if a few water tankers took sea level water and sold it to the Mideast for example for a profit? Just wondering because once the water enters into the StL seaway it is pretty much ocean at that point. Also I have heard that fresh water extends for hundreds of miles past the delta of the Amazon, same case there fresh, but lots of sediments that could be settled out I am sure.
On another note, anyone interested in creating a new Post Panamax locks after Panama creates its extened lock version for the Great Lakes? I understand that it could increase the number of invasive species, and be very expensive, but imagine having large cargo containing import/export ships landing in the middle of the North American Continent.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Lawrence_Seaway
Date completed
1959
Maximum boat length
740 ft 0 in (225.6 m)
Maximum boat beam
78 ft 0 in (23.8 m)
End point
Atlantic Ocean
Locks
14
Length
2,500 miles (4,000 km)
Panama Canal expansion project
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panama_...ansion_project
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panamax
New Panamax
The plans to build bigger locks have led to the creation of "New Panamax", based on new lock dimensions of
1,400 ft (427 m), beam
180 ft (55 m) and depth
60 ft (18.3 m). Naval architects and civil engineers are already taking into account these dimensions for container ships. After this expansion, the Panama Canal will be able to handle vessels of cargo capacity up to 13,000 twenty-foot equivalent units (TEU); currently, it can only handle vessels up to about 5,000 TEU. ...